CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of motion and how it is related to frame of reference.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Force and Motion
In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Physical Science Careers Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over physical science careers. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Physical Science Concepts for Middle School
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based textbook covering a wide range of middle school concepts in Physical Science.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Orbital Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Orbital motion and why it occurs, and the orbits of the Earth around the sun and the moon around the Earth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Third Law
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's Third Law of Motion - action and reaction forces and why they are not balanced forces.
PBS
Pbs: Physics Girl
Explore the physical world with this series that uses everyday experiments to demonstrate scientific ideas on this site.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
Physics Central
American Physical Society: Physics Central: Discover Homepage
Link to nine major physics topics and dig deeper into the content. Find out about the work of scientists in each field and see example physical science experiments.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Inertia
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains inertia and how it affects motion, the relationship between inertia and mass, and how to overcome inertia.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Second Law
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's second law of motion and the effects of force and mass on acceleration. Direct and inverse relationships between force, mass and acceleration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Combining Forces
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Featurea the definition of combining forces: Pulling down and pushing up, forces acting in opposite directions, forces acting in the same direction.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Projectile Motion With Angry Birds
Analyze the path of a bird's flight as it attempts to obliterate pigs in the well-known game, Angry Birds. Comes with lab activities, a video, and a simulation. The latter requires software called Tracker, which is free to download.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Physics: Newton's Laws
Play this game to review for a physical science test on Newton's laws.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Physical Science
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with the physical sciences. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: One Dimensional Kinematics
Using only two of our fundamental units, time and displacement students will build a framework to predict the motion of objects, starting with one dimensional motion.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Two Dimensional Kinematics
In this interactive tutorial, students are introduced to motion in a second dimension, and model and predict the more complex motion of projectiles.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Linear Motion
A learning module where students gain an understanding of the relationships between the different kinds of motion. Students will be able to explain free-fall motion and use kinematics equations to calculate problems involving falling...
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Fundamentals of Physics
Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Projectile Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Projectile motion and combining forces, examples of projectile motion.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult
This lesson is for 9th grade physical science students. It begins with an inquiry-based lesson using a projectile motion computer simulation. It culminates with students building a catapult; applying and connecting science knowledge from...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Motion Pretest
Students will take a pretest to assess their knowledge about motion in a physical science class.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Position Time Graphs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How motion and speed can be represented by a distance-time graph and how average speed can be calculated from it.